Loot :P

I had intended on updating earlier, and now it's November :/ I've wallpapered the house, but I'm not really satisfied with the way it looks and am considering re-papering the kitchen. Wallpapering is amazingly time consuming. Making the initial templates with strips of paper, then using those to make sturdier templates with card stock. After that trimming the cutout wallpaper pieces in order to make them fit better. I'm sure there's a better way to do this, but I haven't thought of it yet...

The dollhouse project is on hold while I prepare for the Pinky St contest. I hope I get my entry done on time :s Deadline's the 11th.Too much procrastination from this person.

Anyway I wanted to blog about my recent acquisitions :D

My hubby got me some Re-Ment for my birthday from Angolz. I will never choose that site to shop from again. =_= Their customer service is HORRIBLE. They take days to answer enquiries or tell you something is out of stock, list things that are unavailable as being available, and then fail to give the correct refund amount back, and neglect to adjust shipping as required. They still owe the hubby $5 but he's sick of chasing them around so he's letting it go. Angolz is dodgy as hell.



I'm going to have to take better more detailed photos of the sets after the Pinky contest :P

I got the European Grandma and Cooking with Teddy sets! I'm really happy with the European Grandma set, it's awesome! I love all the little utensils, pots, cans and plates. My only complaint is that some of the items may be a little on the large side.

The Teddy set disappointed me a little. There seems to be less items per set, and some of the items on the bears are not removable.




I got a pile of Sylvanian stuff from the budget corner of BeHappy. This area of the store stocks items that have had their boxes damaged, items missing or the product itself damaged in some way at a discounted price. Some of the discounts are really good, and I chuck the boxes most of the time anyway. I didn't get everything I wanted, but I got quite a good chunk anyway.

The customer service at BeHappy's really good, they answer emails really fast and are polite and friendly. They are even sending me another Sylvanian polar bear because they sent me the wrong one. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed. They were identical damaged sets, and only the damaged spots were different. I love BeHappy!

All this stuff is making me feel really, really spoiled and greedy =_= I feel rather guilty for spending this much money and for asking for such an expensive present, even though the hubby says it's okay... :/ Actually, I feel best when I'm modifying or creating something and it turns out good. There's nothing like the satisfaction of completing a project and seeing the thing you've envisioned in your mind in good solid reality. I also don't feel so bad about the money I've spent when it's for a project. I feel like I'm really putting the money to good use. Just collecting makes me feel rather guilty. Looks like I'm gonna have to modify some of the things I just bought! JI wish I could find second hand cheap Sylvanian doll houses in Lincoln. Like in the op shop or in a garage sale or something. That would be awesome.

Teach everyday till you die

TP = repeated cycles of exhaustion and freaking out

I don't have time to do anything else anymore, the other half of my dollhouse is lying in pieces in a box. I also wanted to drybrush the wicker furniture to make it a tad more realistic and less toyish, but I'm afraid I'll ruin it. That shit was expensive yo. Meh, not like I have time now anyway.

New Pinky House Pics

I've sort of finished half the house. There are a few things missing still, like the front door and a proper ceiling instead of that ugly thing where you can see all the lines. And curtains. Haven't got time to sew proper curtains. Anyway here are the pics:

The living room.


Yuki: "Care for a spot of tea?"


Radish with a gardening mag. One of her hobbies is gardening :D


Radish's back


Becks reading to Rui in the bedroom. Probably some dry history text. It's not shown here but Rui's expression doesn't look too happy. All the books in the shelf have "Sylvania" written on the covers. I aim to change that eventually.


View of the bedroom + bathroom. Wish I could show a higher res version of the pic but the width of the blog is on the small side for that.

I hate teaching so much.

I hate teaching. I don't enjoy it at all. I had thought I might in the past, because when I tutored kids, there were at times, flashes of time where I did enjoy it (although, overall I really hate tutoring too). Well, now here I am, and hating every second. I hate children, I hate interacting with them and feeling their judgemental eyes on me. The though of having to do this for the rest of my life is positively appalling.

I hate this world and I am just so sick of it.

In other news, I finished half of my dollhouse or kinda--the door and the ceilings aren't done but that half has been wallpapered with scrapbook paper. I meant to take pictures today but it bloody rained after being so freaking hot on the field. Rain means that it's cloudy, and clouds mean that there isn't as much light as I would have liked. I rely on natural light for my pics as I don't have any lamps so no pictures today.

I got my camera back! XD

Got my camera back earlier than I thought I would. I left it in my aunt's house at Miri. Thought I'd have to wait at least 3-4 weeks for someone who's going to Miri to bring it back.

House update:


Estimate is at 80% done. I still need to seal it with an overcoat so paint doesn't come off so easily, touch up bits and redo others. I also have to measure the place for wallpaper. And man, do the painted pieces give out fumes. ugh. I hope it dies down eventually.

Blargh, I dont want to go to TP later. Stupid TP. I bet the students will stomp on me and Sue will go wargh at my lesson plans.

Cowboy Bepop Hollywood Movie

Keanu Reeves is planning to play Sipke Spiegel in the planned Hollywood live action Cowboy Bepop movie. BWAHAHAHAHA!

More info from an interview with Mr. Reeves here.

In other news, all I've been doing today is prime and cover parts of the big house up with tape. I'd been meaning to touch up the pink house with acrylics, but that freaking tape covering is taking so long. I'm doing one of the last pieces and I've been at it since 7 or 8 and it's 1:30 now!

Also, a bird crapped on one of my primed pieces.

My Pinkies seem to be doing more work than me

There was too much rain and strong wind today to so much of anything except take pictures of pinkies. So here they are! I named the WF2008 Pinky Beck, as her head is actually of the same mold as the Wild Arms Rebecca Pinky (Beck, Becky, get it? lol :V), just with diffently painted eyes. Anyway, here are Moe and Beck, getting ready to do more painting! Beck, of course having dragged the clueless Moe into this.


Moe: "Why am I here?"
Beck: "To help me paint this house, of course!"
Moe: "Erm, yeah...right. Whatever..."



Moe: "I think you're using the wrong paint."
Beck: "Aww, crap..."



Beck: "Doo di doo doo doo~"


With the interior done (for now) Beck moves on to the outside. Moe is nowhere to be seen.

Beck: "Behold my mighty brush! I don't need anyone else! With this I can accomplish anything!"





And let's just leave Beck to paint the rest of the house by herself.

Below is all that I managed to do today, because of the aforementioned wind and rain (shakes fist at weather). I only primed the floor of my large house. It's a bootleg of the Sylvanian Families Willow Hall without working lights.



Not shown here is the piece I thought was dry and put on newspaper. So I managed to get newspaper stuck to my stuff AGAIN. Ugh, live and learn...

Pinky Painting

Mur sent me home after finding out Shakespearian Studies class was cancelled (and after we did some misc. school stuff which included me getting a new green form and losing $2 in the process) and I resumed work on my house. Little WF2008 Pinky decided to help me out XD. Haven't named her yet, but then I'm not really in the habit of naming my Pinkies. Only a few lucky ones :P

I had to reprime and respray a few parts, and after finishing the thing, I took off the covering paper and tape:


I think it looks good, but there are a few areas to correct. Like where the tape took off some of the paint:


And where I accidentally put the not-entirely-dried bottom front of the house on some newspaper with dried pink paint on it...


Haiz, more things to do before the house is finally finished...

QuikClean Nail polish remover!

This item here is a lifesaver. Yesterday afternoon I opened a brand new sealed can of white paint. The nozzle was leaky, but I still sprayed my doll house with it and left it to dry. The result was a too thick coat of paint that dried with cracks. X( My normal paint thinner dissolves plastic because of the acetone, so that was out. I found this nail polish remover in Hua Ho, Kiulap. Non-acetone, it contains isoprophyl alcohol instead and it doesn't dissolve the plastic! XD

Here's my house after using 1/2 the bottle and a good amount of cotton swabs.

Inside:


Front:



















Side:
























I'm going to put more primer on and respray those parts tomorrow, provided I wake up on time. Ugh, in other news, I lost my green form. Arrrgh, I hope I don't get fined T_T